Are You a Locavore?

Re: Are You a Local whore?

OK OK...

I was with the girl for a short while before I married Susan... I was easy, but I didn't charge, I have standards too ya know... besides... she had lettuce... and we all know how much we need lettuce.

I go to the farmer's market weekly...


They don't bring the daughters there anymore... :rant:

 

As the cost of fuel keeps going up, it gets more and more cost-effective to be a "locavore" (I find that term vaguely irritating, so I don't think I'm going to use it any more). The thing that's amazed me about the local farmers' market around here is that not only is it significantly better food than you can get in the store, but in many cases it's also cheaper (or near the cost). They (obviously) don't sell everything I need at the farmers' market, but I'm also lucky to live in the area where there's actually a fair amount of local food at the grocery store.

Of course, this philosophy is hardly new. Alice Waters has been promoting this idea for quite some time, and I'm sure she's not the first. Aside from the fuel cost benefit, it's also good to know where your food comes from so that when there's a specific problem it doesn't stop everyone in the entire country from eating tomatoes.